Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living, Edited by Manjula Martin

by Laura | Aug 15, 2017

Review by Melanie Davis   As an author, I looked forward to receiving my copy of Scratch: Writers, Money and the Art of Making a Living. The truth is, unlike most professions, the exchange of money and value of service in the writing world is kept largely...

On the Novel, Human Slices, by Gloria Bowman

by Laura | Jul 27, 2016

Shortly after my Q&A with author Gloria Bowman, her novel, Human Slices finally made it to the top of my reading stack. But if you follow my Book Review Corner, my stack is all nonfiction, right? There are exceptions, to be sure. Human Slices: A Love Story...

Connecting Generations: Review of Searching for Nannie B.

by Melanie | Feb 24, 2016

Nancy Owen Nelson’s entire life has been haunted by the death of her grandmother, Nannie B Russell Chandler, who passed away only an hour after giving birth to her mother. Nancy imagines her mother, also named Nannie, grappling with the knowledge that her birth was...

An Anatomist’s Take on the Book, Stiff

by Staff | Feb 3, 2016

by Natalie Klempel Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers offers the reader a chance to experience the different aspects of body donation. There are so many different avenues that a cadaver can end up following body donation that many people do not know about....

On the Nonfiction Book, The Power of Music

by Laura | Jan 13, 2016

The Power of Music As Confucius wrote in The Book of Rites, “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” Music can fuel our imagination, fill us with emotion, and inspire us to move to its beat. Music can heal and connect us. In The Power...